Re: Topband: 160M CQ WW SSB this weekend - Frequencies
Thanks to everyone who replied. KM1H suggested the same thing, Charlie. But since I don't have certain critical replacement parts for the amplifier and tuner (among other things), I'm kind of afraid to run the legal limit in a contest with a high SWR. :-) If I can get the HV supply repaired in my HB amplifier, I plan on playing a little in the contest later on. See you there. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:15 AM, Charlie Cunningham charlie-cunning...@nc.rr.com wrote: Í would leave it alone, Mike! Your tuner or amplifier should be able to tune out that small bit of reactance, I would think! And on 160 the excess loss in the coax from a bit of VSWR is really negligible! GL! 73, Charlie, K4OTV -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Waters Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 2:03 PM To: topband Subject: Topband: 160M CQ WW SSB this weekend - Frequencies Can anyone suggest the best freqs. to tune our 160m inverted-L for the CQ WW SSB contest this weekend? The antenna is a long way from the house, and it's tough to do that in the pitch dark and cold. :-) It seems to me that in the past, it's been about where the CW contests always take place, and mine is now tuned for 1810 to 1850 or so. Is that OK as it is now, or should I move it up? www.cq160.com/rules.htm _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: 160M CQ WW SSB this weekend - Frequencies
Í would leave it alone, Mike! Your tuner or amplifier should be able to tune out that small bit of reactance, I would think! And on 160 the excess loss in the coax from a bit of VSWR is really negligible! GL! 73, Charlie, K4OTV -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Waters Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 2:03 PM To: topband Subject: Topband: 160M CQ WW SSB this weekend - Frequencies Can anyone suggest the best freqs. to tune our 160m inverted-L for the CQ WW SSB contest this weekend? The antenna is a long way from the house, andt's tough to do that in the pitch dark and cold. :-) It seems to me that in the past, it's been about where the CW contests always take place, and mine is now tuned for 1810 to 1850 or so. Is that OK as it is now, or should I move it up? www.cq160.com/rules.htm Thanks. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Topband: 160M CQ WW SSB this weekend - Frequencies
Can anyone suggest the best freqs. to tune our 160m inverted-L for the CQ WW SSB contest this weekend? The antenna is a long way from the house, andt's tough to do that in the pitch dark and cold. :-) It seems to me that in the past, it's been about where the CW contests always take place, and mine is now tuned for 1810 to 1850 or so. Is that OK as it is now, or should I move it up? www.cq160.com/rules.htm Thanks. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: 160M CQ WW SSB this weekend - Frequencies
The higher you go, the easier to find and hold a run frequency. Action extends way way above 1900. There will be a couple occupied net frequencies along the way. When I get home tonight, my normally 1820-optimized tuning, gets tweaked to be centered closer to 1870 (maybe higher if I end up running much - I usually do not have a lot of patience and am a very very poor phone operator, but let's see how it goes!) Tim N3QE On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Mike Waters mikew...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone suggest the best freqs. to tune our 160m inverted-L for the CQ WW SSB contest this weekend? The antenna is a long way from the house, andt's tough to do that in the pitch dark and cold. :-) It seems to me that in the past, it's been about where the CW contests always take place, and mine is now tuned for 1810 to 1850 or so. Is that OK as it is now, or should I move it up? www.cq160.com/rules.htm Thanks. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: 160M CQ WW SSB this weekend - Frequencies
Hi Mike! If this year is like other years, 160m will be filled from one band edge to the other. Yes, the lower half will have more stations operating than the upper half. 73 Lloyd - N9LB On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Mike Waters wrote: Can anyone suggest the best freqs. to tune our 160m inverted-L for the CQ WW SSB contest this weekend? The antenna is a long way from the house, andt's tough to do that in the pitch dark and cold. :-) It seems to me that in the past, it's been about where the CW contests always take place, and mine is now tuned for 1810 to 1850 or so. Is that OK as it is now, or should I move it up? www.cq160.com/rules.htm Thanks. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
